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It’s About Time

Bob Schmidt

02 April 2020 18:47:08 +01:00

How easy is it to make code wait for a time period before doing something? Mike Crowe looks at ways to avoid problems when a system clock changes.

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Adding Python 3 Compatibility to Python 2 Code

Bob Schmidt

04 March 2020 23:05:11 +00:00

Silas S. Brown explains how to cope with the differences.

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Making a Linux Desktop – Launching Applications

Bob Schmidt

03 March 2020 23:03:18 +00:00

Alan Griffiths continues his series on the Mir desktop.

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The Standard Report

Bob Schmidt

02 March 2020 22:49:22 +00:00

Guy Davidson reports from the C++ Standards Committee.

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Reviews

Bob Schmidt

02 March 2020 22:05:45 +00:00

The latest roundup of reviews.

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A line-to-line conversion from Node.js to Node.cpp

Bob Schmidt

05 February 2020 18:57:27 +00:00

Dmytro Ivanchykhin, Sergey Ignatchenko and Maxim Blashchuk show how we can get a 5x improvement in speed.

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The Path of Least Resistance

Bob Schmidt

04 February 2020 18:47:24 +00:00

Python’s modules and imports can be overwhelming. Steve Love attempts to de-mystify the process.

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Quick Modular Calculations(Part 2)

Bob Schmidt

03 February 2020 18:34:25 +00:00

The minverse algorithm previously seen is fast but has limitations. Cassio Neri presents two alternatives.

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A Secure Environment for Running Apps?

Bob Schmidt

02 February 2020 18:31:30 +00:00

Getting apps from the app store is easy. Alan Griffiths considers this from a security perspective.

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Restaurant C++ and Pidgin Python

Bob Schmidt

09 January 2020 18:12:30 +00:00

Pete Goodliffe looks at the idioms of language.

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Python has setdefault

Bob Schmidt

06 January 2020 18:00:30 +00:00

Silas S. Brown shares a quick tip on Python.

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Static C library and GNU Make

Bob Schmidt

05 January 2020 17:28:31 +00:00

Ian Bruntlett shares his experiences with using ‘make’ to build a small test project.

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Reviews

Bob Schmidt

01 January 2020 20:16:13 +00:00

The latest roundup of reviews.

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Non-Recursive Compile Time Sort

Bob Schmidt

03 December 2019 17:36:24 +00:00

Compile time sorting usually uses recursion. Norman Wilson shows how C++14 features make this easier.

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Quick Modular Calculations (Part 1)

Bob Schmidt

02 December 2019 16:48:44 +00:00

Compilers are good at optimising modular calculations. Can we they do better? Cassio Neri shows they can.

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Afterwood

Bob Schmidt

01 December 2019 16:46:15 +00:00

We are aware of the film Get Carter. Chris Oldwood asks if it should be called Acquire Carter instead.

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Exodep : A Simple External Dependency Refresher

Bob Schmidt

05 November 2019 18:22:46 +00:00

Pete Cordell introduces a library dependency tool for C++ projects.

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Making a Linux Desktop: Painting Some Wallpaper

Bob Schmidt

04 November 2019 18:17:17 +00:00

Alan Griffiths continues his series on coding with the Mir library.

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The Standard Report

Bob Schmidt

03 November 2019 18:14:18 +00:00

Guy Davidson reports from the C++ Standards Committee.

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Scenarios Using Custom DSLs

Bob Schmidt

05 October 2019 22:05:39 +01:00

Natural-language BDD can be hard to maintain. Liz Keogh demonstrates a simple code-based alternative.


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